What is critical infrastructure protection program?


The critical infrastructure of a country is the infrastructure without which a nation cannot survive. A government must provide security to such infrastructures like agriculture, transportations, power, and much more. There is special critical infrastructure protection needed from not just natural calamities like floods, hurricanes, etc, but there is a threat from terrorist activities and even cybercrimes. To provide this cyber security there are many professional firms. The critical infrastructure protection program support has to be of the best standard with 24x7 supports. With the physical and electronic access getting merged in all the fields of life cyber security is a critical requirement. Compromise at any level in the critical infrastructure protection can cause the downfall of an entire nation. It is the duty of the government to spend wisely and correct amount in terms of their security.
Infrastructure protection needs to be provided at each level industry itself or the storage and transportation to the end-use. All of it needs to be well protected. The major sectors which are affected are chemical, communication, dams, defence, emergency services, health, food, nuclear energy, transportation, and water systems. All these comprise the lifeline of the nation. There has to preparedness towards anticipation and handling of any prospective cyber attack. The data shared through the internet has to be very safe and end to end encryption. Any leakage at any level can result in disasters. Access to a different level of information has to be secured at different levels. The framework must be very strong and responsibilities must be clear in case of crises. With technology evolving each day there are new forms of threats developing each passing day. The cyber security must also be updated now and then to safeguard the entire critical infrastructural base. The whole nation depends on it. Read here more about critical infrastructure protection

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